[ad_1] Pakistan’s prevailing outlook paints a grim picture of a state in deep trouble. In view of perpetual political instability coupled with the economic meltdown, the country has been grappling…
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Trend in key fiscal ratios
[ad_1] The consistent series of the GDP with one year, 2015-16, has been estimated and released by the PBS from 1999-2000 onwards. This now enables determination and comparison of the…
‘Plan B’: not an alternate to ‘Plan A’
[ad_1] ‘Plan B’: not an alternate to ‘Plan A’ – Opinion Business Recorder [ad_2] Source link
Understanding and addressing fault lines-III
[ad_1] The other tragedy is an illusion in the form of an announcement that China is ready to finance a multi-billion-dollar railway line project on the CPEC route. We have…
Don’t take IMF seriously?
[ad_1] “Alice in wonderland” is an all time classic and one of my favourite books. It is about the story of a wonderland where animals talk and much more, and…
An over-ambitious growth target
[ad_1] This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed ‘Impediments to a viable economy’ carried by the newspaper yesterday. The writers, Huzaima Bukhari, Dr Ikramul Haq and Abdul Rauf Shakoori, have…
Elusive IMF bailout: the end of the road?
[ad_1] Elusive IMF bailout: the end of the road? – Opinion Business Recorder [ad_2] Source link
Economy: experts underscore the need for structural reforms
[ad_1] KARACHI: Economic experts at a post-budget conference here on Sunday called for indigenous solutions and structural reforms in order to achieve sustainable growth, saying heavy reliance on international lending…
One burger combo, please!
[ad_1] Finance minister Ishaq Dar has been regularly claiming two things: One, Pakistan won’t default on its external debt commitments and two, that the real value of the PKR/USD is…
Budget: Will money come as budgeted?
[ad_1] The key question from an economic perspective is not whether the budget 2023-24 is pro-poor, pro-business, pro-growth, or even an election year budget but whether it has the key…